Nobody is immune to negative effect of contraband tobacco
October 30, 2013
As British Columbia completes its annual pre-budget consultation, the province would be wise to exercise extreme caution when it...
Learn MoreForest products smuggling rampant at border areas
October 23, 2013
Taking advantage of virtually non-existent administrative mechanism in the remote border areas rare and precious forest products...
Learn MoreFive men arrested smuggling TVs, umbrellas from SA
October 23, 2013
Police detectives in Bulawayo on Tuesday impounded a South African-registered vehicle and arrested five men on charges of...
Learn MoreExploiting your supply chain: confessions of a counterfeiter
October 20, 2013
Lessons learned from someone who exploits the “not-so-best” practices of the pharmaceuticals supply chain. You don’t know me,...
Learn MoreSeizures of cash linked to organised crime reach record high
October 20, 2013
Money linked to cigarette gangs accounts for half forfeiture orders in courts in 2013
The number of seizures of cash...
Learn MoreGucci wins $144 million in US counterfeit trial
October 17, 2013
New York City — Gucci on Thursday welcomed a US court’s decision to award the global fashion empire $144.2 million in...
Learn MoreCounterfeit goods worth N$12m seized
October 17, 2013
WINDHOEK – A two-day Interpol operation that combed through Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Malawi and Zambia seized counterfeit...
Learn MorePolice hunt for men who stole cigarettes from Preston tobacco shop
October 16, 2013
POLICE are searching for seven men who broke into a Melbourne shopping centre and stole a large amount of cigarettes....
Learn MoreBrothers jailed for smuggling contraband shisha tobacco
October 14, 2013
Two brothers were jailed at the Old Bailey this afternoon after customs officers mounted their biggest ever investigation into...
Learn MoreGenetically Modified Tobacco Plants Are Viable for Producing Biofuels
October 14, 2013
In her PhD thesis Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and researcher at the...
Learn MoreColumn: Shake off that ‘fake’ addiction
October 12, 2013
In 2005, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated that international trade in counterfeit and...
Learn MoreInterpol seizes illicit drugs in African campaign
October 10, 2013
The largest Interpol operation to date against pharmaceutical crime across Southern Africa has resulted in the seizure of almost...
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